By episode five we’ll get a full on street war between the mods and the rockers.

Have Wrecker annoy him until he goes insane. 

This episode was fascinating to me for a very simple reason, with Hunter gone, we got much more from the rest of the squad. It felt like Fives got more to do in this episode than he’s had all season! Omega took the lead but, due to her inexperience, the others having input felt natural, whereas with Hunter giving…

And while we’re on the subject, when is Omega getting her own Batch helmet?

So Crosshair was always an asshole. 

Crosshair: “They don’t leave their own behind, most of the time.” Hunter: “You tried to kill us. We didn’t have a choice.” Crosshair: “And I did?”

Your editor sucks then. You should tell them I said so, and then make pew-pew-pew laser gun noises at them with finger-guns. 

Yeah, there’s no dodging that bit. 

I’m gobsmacked by it. 

We’ll see Roland and meet his mother at some point, of that I am almost all the way certain.

A pangolin. It was so obvious. I need to brush up on my chordates. (Chordatas?)

After seeing the “governor” get shot directly in the head, I thought they might actually go through with the decapitation here.

I absolutely think she’ll turn on them at some point when it’s financially (and narratively) advantageous to do so... and then she’ll probably have a last second change of heart - probably because of her growing affection towards Omega - feel guilty about it, and then help to save them from the mess she’s made.

See, you are still trying to make it all about an arc. The characters all went out and had an adventure. In the case of the Hera, they had an episode of set up and an episode of resolve, expanded the world building and brought back a fan favorite from the franchise’s past/future. But above all, characters went out and…

Thought about it and this ep might be “The Hive”’s set up story. I can see them coming back, somehow, in a big way down the line. Now we know about ‘em, that is.

It ain’t filler. That is where you have the problem, you’ve got into the mindset that the only thing that matters is “the arc” and nothing else matters or can exist. Yes, they are the A-Team of Star Wars, with a new adventure every week. Get into the mindset of tuning in for an adventure, a mini movie each week, and…

Roland Durand sure is a handsome devil. Or was. Actually, he still is ... even after becoming less symmetrical. This episode seemed like it was an introduction for his character nothing more & nothing less. He’s got a nice film noir sounding name. Can’t argue with the grade. This might go up in future estimation if…

My guess is that this filler will turn out to be setup for something later. Roland and his mother will probably turn out to be important for something, and this episode was to have them on good terms with, or at least beholden to, the Batch in general and Omega in particular.

It is a breather episode, and there is nothing wrong with that. Not everything has to be all about “the arc”. One of the things that made all these old properties that are being revived now so popular in the first place was that they all had standalone episodes to develop characters rather than mere plot. This is a…

That’s a cool way to look at it. Maybe seeding a Hunter sacrifice that will take Omega to the next chapter of her adolescence? I expect to see an adult version of her pop up in The Book Of Boba Fett, so you’re definitely on to something here.